MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Barron's C&O Canal Museum
5632 Mose Circle, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
(301) 432-8726
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/byways-driving-tours-scenic-routes/barrons-co-canal-museum-store

Beaver Creek School Museum
9702 Beaver Creek Church Road, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(closed in 2016)

Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum
220 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
(301) 432-5141, (301) 432-5889
e-mail: info@boonsborohistoricalsociety.org
web: https://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/trolley-museum/
(open by appointment)

mailing address: c/o Boonsboro Historical Society, P. O. Box 213, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213

Boonsborough Museum of History
113 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
(301) 432-6969, (301) 432-5889
web: https://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/boonesborough-museum-of-history/

mailing address: c/o Boonsboro Historical Society, P. O. Box 213, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213

Bowman House
P. O. Box 213
Boonsboro Historical Society, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213
(301) 432-5889
e-mail: info@boonsborohistoricalsociety.org
web: http://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/bowman-house/

Brown's Meeting House (formerly Log House Museum)
11 South Mill St., Clear Spring, MD 21722 - 0037
(301) 842-2342
web: www.facebook.com/brownsmeetinghouse/

Discovery Station
101 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 790-0076
e-mail: info@discoverystation.org
web: https://discoverystation.org/

Doleman Black Heritage Museum
540 North Locust St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-5019
e-mail: info@dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org
web: www.dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org/
(currently closed; possible future relocation)

mailing address: 33-35 West Washington St., 2nd Floor, Hagerstown, MD 21740

Fort Frederick, Washington County, Maryland, November 2013. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

Geiser-Mason Farm Museum, Smithsburg, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

mailing address: 14235 Oak Springs Road, Hagerstown, MD 21742

Hagerstown Railroad Museum & Engine 202
525 Highland Way (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-8577, ext. 170
web: www.hagerstownmd.org/310/Hagerstown-Railroad-Museum-Engine-202

Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
296 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21741
(301) 739-4665
e-mail: info@roundhouse.org
web: www.roundhouse.org/

Hancock Museum, Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

mailing address: c/o Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, MD 21750

Jonathan Hager House & Museum (town founder)
110 Key St. (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-8577, ext. 170
web: www.hagerstownmd.org/309/Jonathan-Hager-House-Museum

Jonathan Hager House, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, August 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Kennedy Farmhouse (John Brown's Raid Headquarters)
2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
web: www.johnbrown.org/

Mansion House Art Gallery
Valley Art Association, 501 Highland Way (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-2867
web: www.valleyartassoc.com/?page=mansion_house

Kennedy Farmhouse, 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Miller House Museum
Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-8782
e-mail: info@washcohistory.org
web: https://washcohistory.org/miller-house/

Miller House, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

mailing address: c/o National Road Heritage Foundation, P. O. Box 71, Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0071

National Road Museum, 214 North Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

mailing address: 151 South East St., Frederick, MD 21701

Plumb Grove Mansion (1831 house)
12654 Broadfording Road, Clear Spring, MD 21722
(301) 842-2342
e-mail: dwileshistory@verizon.net
web: www.facebook.com/PlumbGrove

Pry House Field Hospital Museum
18906 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756
(301) 432-6352, (301) 416-2395; fax: (301) 695-6823
web: www.civilwarmed.org/pry/

mailing address: c/o National Museum of Civil War Medicine, P. O. Box 470, 48 East Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21705 - 0470

Sharpsburgh Museum of History (formerly Sharpsburg Heritage Museum)
P. O. Box 368
Town Hall, 106 East Main St., Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0368
(301) 800-6877
e-mail: sharpsburghmuseumofhistory@gmail.com
web: www.facebook.com/Sharpsburghmuseumofhistory/

Smithsburg Town Museum
P. O. Box 403
20 East Water St., Smithsburg, MD 21783 - 0403
(301) 824-7154
e-mail: smithsburghistorical@yahoo.com
web: www.visithagerstown.com/museum#

Toll House
Bank Road (Route 144), Hancock, MD 21750
(301) 678-6236, (301) 678-6308
e-mail: info@hancockmuseum.org
web: www.canaltrust.org/pyv/hancock-tollhouse/
(closed for renovation)

Tolson's Chapel
P.O. Box 162
111 East High St., Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0162
e-mail: tolsons.chapel@gmail.com
web: www.tolsonschapel.org/

Train Room Museum
360 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 745-6681
e-mail: trainroom@verizon.net
web: www.the-train-room.com/museum.html
(closed in July 2019; contents auctioned off)

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
P. O. Box 423
401 Museum Drive (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21741 - 0423
(301) 739-5727
e-mail: info@wcmfa.org
web: http://wcmfa.org/

Washington County Rural Heritage Museum
Agricultural Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike (Route 65), Boonsboro, MD 21713
(240) 420-1714
e-mail: eoverdorff@washco-md.net
web: www.washco-md.net/rural-heritage-museum/

Washington Monument Museum
Washington Monument State Park, 6620 Zittlestown Road, Middletown, MD 21769
(301) 791-4767
web: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/Washington/History-Washington.aspx

mailing address: c/o Greenbrier State Park, 21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713

Williamsport Town Museum & Springfield Tenant House
Springfield Farm, 12 Springfield Lane, Williamsport, MD 21795
(301) 223-7229
e-mail: springfieldbarn@myactv.net
web: https://williamsportmd.gov/visitors/springfield-farm/
(Tenant House undergoing restoration)

mailing address: c/o History & Museum Board, Town Hall, 2 North Conococheague St, Williamsport, MD 21795

Wilson Village (General Store & One-Room Schoolhouse)
14921 Rufus Wilson Road, Clear Spring, MD 21722
(301) 582-4718
web: www.facebook.com/pages/Wilson-Store/117814391580134

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